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June 15th 2017:How to Change Behavior: Your Own and Others.' It's Not What You Think! A Conversation with Cassandra Vieten

Most of the work being done toward changing how people relate to the environment and social justice is well-intentioned, but ends up being ineffective, or worse, counterproductive. Achieving true, lasting changes in behavior, it turns out, requires changing our worldviews so the new action becomes part of who we are. But if you've ever tried to change a worldview or pattern of behavior in yourself or another person, you know it's quite an effort! Cassandra Vieten, President of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, along with her colleagues, has been studying the science of behavior change for year

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Cassandra Vieten

Cassandra Vieten, PhD, is President of the Institute of Noetic Sciences and a scientist at California Pacific Medical Center’s Mind-Body Medicine Research Group. She is also a psychologist, researcher, author, international workshop leader, and public speaker who, for over 20 years, has been studying how people transform their way of looking at the world. Her primary interest lies in how psychology, biology, and spirituality interact to affect experience and behavior. Funded by the National Institutes of Health, the State of California, and several private donors and foundations, her research has focused on spirituality and health; development and pilot testing of mindfulness-based approac